light and Tnesday, fair, light frost Bt; warmer Tnesday. AILY CAPITAL JOURNAL XIV. SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBEE 17, 1904. NO. 241 REBUG TOUCHES MATCH TO BRICK MILL ss Will Exceed Hundted Thousand Dollars Several Cltes to the Identity of the Guilty Person Willamette Valley Flouring located in North Salem, were do- by fire about S o'clock Inst ov- fnnd nre a total loss. Tho fire incendinry origin, and wns start- "n number of places nlmost aim- Kously. bn discovered the flames were very -and were on the ground floor of big brick mill. The fire depart- mnde a flno run and arrived at urning buildings shortly after tho had been turned in, but tho fire- iwere helpless on account of the nf water. The ditch was dry, and bk almost half an hour before a could be obtained. brick mill was doomed from the fnnd could not have been saved, flax fibre soon became n molten fof flames, and the huge timbers libuted their shnre to the flames beat. The wood and iron mill ling north of the brick structure iBOon in flames, and was entirely lamed. For a time the fire threat- fc tho residences on Front street, ihoy were saved. Bilo the fire was of incendiary or- itho motive is hard to explain. The mrty is owned by T. B. ilcox, of ami, and was occupied by Eugene as n store house for his flax fibre. , floss is especially severe on Mr. e, us nu lY.is imuuk iu I'lvtri u iiuuu mill, and he will be compelled to wait until the new crop is prepared before starting his enterprise. Tho city will thus be deprived of a splendid industry for several months, and the promoter will be seriously han dicapped by the financial loss. The alarm was turned in by W. H. Daucy, who was nt an adjoining resi dence. His attention wns called to the firo by a man yelling at the top of his voice, but he did not know the man. Messrs Fuller nnd Douglas of the grocery store, started to the fire just when the alarm started, and as they wero going through Marion square they met a man coming from tho direction of the mill. Thoy inquired of him whero the fire was, and he replied that it was only a small blaze, and did not amount to much. Whether this incident has anything to do with the fire or not is hard to determine. Tho mills were built in 1SS1 nnd 1882 by the Scotch Investment Company, of which Mr. Reid, of Portland, was the president. Held was a well-known rail road promoter and financier, nnd nbout the same time built the West Sido nar row gauge railroad south from Port hind. The plant cost tho Scotch com pany $218,000, nnd with tho ditch rights they expended upward'of a quar ter oi n minion oi uoimrs xuo loruigii company operated the mills for about four years, but the supply of wheat in Ithe Willamette valley shortened, nnd Ithe mill became an elephant on their hands. The enpacity of tho mill wns 1000 barrels a day, and it had the rep- ' lltlltlAH nfi lifilH.. ni.il. 1 ...111. .1. lll.ll.Ul. Ul Ul-l!J I'ljlllJIJJlMl Willi IIIU finest machinery manufactured at that time. After several years of litigation the mill fell into the hands of the Sa lem Flouring Mills Company, who oper ated it for seven months, but it proved unprofitable, nnd they closed it down. Since that time the mills wero used for a warehouse, or remained vacant, until 1S92, when the tlnx company rented them. The company of which Mr. Bossc is the resident manager, is known as the Pacific Coast Flax Company, nnd wai organized with headquarters at Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1892. They hnvc operated under .difficulties, but were just in condition to commence the man ufacture of linen. Evidences of Incendiarism. There are many indications that it was clearly an act of incendiarism. The hour, on Sunday evening, when every body was at church or at home, and the fire started in the brick building, and in a remote corner of it leaves no doubt nl out that. If tho 'lire had started in the wooden building the brick might have been saved, although it is dun! tful, as there was flnx on the , outside ami between the two, a Btnck nearly as large as a house. The Incen- diarist had his instructions, and made a sure job of it, as the first arrivals say that the brick mill was burning nt several places. What the motive could have been must be left to speculation. The destruction of so valuable, a prop erty in this deliberate manner is a crlnio that the authorities should leave no effort untried to find tho perpetrator and award a just punishment. Was a Grand Sight. ' Seen from the southern limits of the city the fire wns an nwc-inspiring sight. The tnll buildings, the largo quantities , of llax stored in them, and the clear I night" with almost no wind, made the I columns of flumes nnd smoko reach I half n mile Into the sky. After the firo had burned nwhilo tho wind was started blowing gently from the north, and the heat made a great streamer of white clouds form and float off to the south. The flames lighted up these 1 mnssqs of condeut-ed vapor into a rosy rod from below. When the walls fell at different times showers of sparks fc)l over tho whole city. But the heavy rain of Sunday morning protected tho roofs nnd buildings so that no further fires started. Through the vapor and smoke occasionally a flock of wild geoso could bo heard honking away across the sky. Suspicious Character Seen. Motorman J. Q. Martzolf saw a sus picious character on nis run to tho fair grounds just boforo tho fire. A negro, aged about 3i, medium size and stout ( built, weighing about 1C0 pounds, wns walkiug toward the fair grounds, and he passed him nbout tho Minzonmcier place. Before ho started back the coon j arrived, ami asked when tho first train i would leave for tho south. Ho told him, ' but tr'-d ho wn.'d have to walk down' t the vlty lo rater- that train. JiM then .he first wV-ftlu blew. He thought j from the negro's i.ctlons that ho was a . lull 'up man, hut is patistled now that 'he inn something tu do with tho fire. He called tho attention of several noo- pie to seeing him, and said ho was ! tempted to nrrest him, but, of course, had no authority. j Will Iladley, who resides with the . family of George Swart, says that ( about 13 minutes beforo tho alarm wivt sounded that ho noticed a person strik ing mntchos at tho southwest corner of tlin hrii'k linllillmr Imt ttiiimniDil flint ! It was some of tho Japs who wero in elm f go of the property. When the alarm sounded Mien Ada Swart was in tho parlor of their rcsl donee, nnd, rushing to tho door, noticed flames burst from tho southwest corner of tho mill. At that timo Mr. ilndloy wan in tho house. Fred Moycr was one of tho first to see tho flames, and raised an outcry la tho neighborhood. Tho flames nt that time wero very small, and wero con fined to the southwest corner of tho brick mill. C. T. Stanton, a barber, who is em ployed in Ryan's barber shop, was at his residence just north of tho bridgo across Mill creek from tho firo whon the alarm was turned in. Ho ran over to the mill, and his attention waa called, by a stranger, to two boards which wero placed agnlnst tho window nt tho southwest corner of tho building. Tliis was tho only placo that tho build ing was uflro at that timo according to Stanton's observation. Ono of tho boards was broken in the contor, and tho break was said to have been recout. K. Toole, who also lives north of Mill creek, was coming homo from town had stopped about -100 yards south of the mill at an applo tree, and, being hungry, ho cllmbod up tho tree, nnd smarted homo when ho met a man of medium height, who was walking to ward Marlon squnro at n very fast puce, ho did not pay much nttuntlon to li i in, nt (ho time, but noticed that ho wns a young iiinn, Mr. Toole, when he came opposite tho mill saw tho fire, and running back to the residence of W. H. Dnney turned in the alarm. Ho (Continued on Fourth Page.) '. ii If I I. ', V I. m x. Ladies' Ready- to -Wear New fall and winter styles in sUeet and walking suits for women nre Fgifrhing daily beautiful creation, Khowing the latest approved ideas are among the newest arrivals. Dio entire stock has been most carefully selected nnd shows an in- fdiiduullty that is sure to appeal Ho all well groomed women. Then Itoo, there aro a number of tho Inewest. 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